Box-cover.



PATBNTED AUG. 15, 1905.

P. L. WETZEL. BOX COVER.

APPLIGATIDN FILED 1330.19. 1904.

FREDERICK L. WETZEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Y Box-Cov E R.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed December 19, 1904. Serial No. 237,481.

1'0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK L. WET- ZEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Box- Covers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich igure 1 is a perspective view of a displaybox having a coverconstructed in accordance with my invention. tional view through thecover. Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevational view of a fragment of thecover, partly in section, to indicate speciic details; and Fig. 4 is alongitudinal sectional view through the hinge.

This invention relates to display-boxes adapted to contain certainarticles so that they will be visible but not accessible unless thecover is swung on its hinges provided therefor.

The invention is particularly designed for displaying cakes, crackers,&c., and as it is contemplated to employ a transparent panel, such asglass, in the top or side of the box through which the articles may bedisplayed it is found to be an advantage to protect the adjacent edgesof the panel-sections so as to prevent their becoming chipped or broken,and it is also desirable that an inexpensive and eflicient form ofspring-hinge be provided, so that when the box is utilized to displayfrom its side the hinge-cover will be returned to its proper position assoon as released by the person removing the goods from the box.

It is the object of this invention to overcome the objections heretoforeencountered in display-boxes of this character, and, further, to providemeans whereby the parts may be easily and quicklyl assembled.

The box or receptacle 1 may be of any desired shape, although the mostconvenient form is rectangular. One side of the box is provided with atransparent sectional panel surrounded by a sectional frame, so that onepanel-section will be rigidly fastened to thev box, while the othersection is adapted to swing. The rigid panel-section 2 is held in therigid frame-section 3, which section is fastened to the box by suitablemeans, such as screws 4.

5 and 5a constitute hinge-leaves carried by Fig. 2 is a secthe ends ofthe rigid frame-section 3, which leaves have offsets or shoulders 6, inwhich are openings aliningvwith similar openings in the hinge-leaves 7and 7a on the swinging section comprising the frame 8, in which is themovable panel-section 9.

10 designates a longitudinallyarranged tube having a longitudinal slot10a therein to receive the edge of one of the panels, preferably thelower panel 2. This slotted tube 10 protects both edges of thepanel-sections 2 and 9, the ends of the tube receiving short rods orstub-shafts l1 having reduced portions constituting pintles for thehinges, as at 12.

The frame sections 3 and 8 are spaced apart, and their adjacent portionsare chamfered or beveled, as at 13 and 14, respectively. This is for thepurpose of permitting the movable cover-section to swing back from thebox on the hinge-pintle portions 12 of the rod 11. In order that theupper cover-section will be returned to its position as shown in Fig. 1,I have provided a spring which consists of a coil 15, the convolutes ofwhichsurround the pintle end of the tube, one end of the springterminating in a laterally-disposed finger 16, resting in a groove 17 inthe framesection 3, which is provided Jfor holding the glass panel 2.This finger 16 is interposed between the frame and the edge of theglass, so that it is prevented from becoming displaced. The opposite endof the spring is embedded in the end of the frame-section 8, the end ofsaid spring constituting a finger 18, held against displacement by thehingeleaves 7 or 7a, dependingupon the side on which the spring is.

19 designates a knob by means of which the swinging cover-section can beswung back from the box, and it will be obvious that as soon as thisknob is released the section will immediately assume the position shownin Fig. 1.

By reference to Fig. 4 it will be noticed that each pintle is providedwith a shoulder 19, abutting against one of the hinge inembers, and ahead 20, between which and the shoulder the hinge members are secured.

By utilizing the construction of cover similar to the one hereindescribed the goods may be conveniently displayed, and while they willbe readily accessible they will be protected against deterioration onaccount of contact with dust, dirt, and other foreign substances.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-

A boX-cover comprising hinged frame-sec-- tions having grooves 1n theirinner edges7 a transp arent panel member held in the grooves of therespective sections, a longitudinallyarranged tube fitting over the edgeof one of the transparent panel members, hinge-plates on the ends of theframe-sections and having alining openings alining with the ends of theItube, pintles in the ends ofthe tube and passing through the aliningopenings in the hingeplates, and coil-springs surrounding the tube andhaving oppositely-disposed ends, one end itting in one of the grooves inone frame-section and interposed between the edge of the transparentpanel and the adjacent wall of the groove, and the other end of thespring being held betweena portion of the hinge and one end oi theopposite frame-section; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l hereunto affix my signature, in the presence oftwo witnesses, this 16th day of December, 1904.

FREDERICK L. WETZEL.

Witnesses B. F. FUNK, GEORGE BAKEWELL.

